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The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1985 · 178 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Mario Monicelli
- Starring
- Marcello Mastroianni, Bernard Blier, Andréa Ferréol, Giuseppe Cederna, Flavio Bucci, Laura Morante
Based on Pirandello’s novel Il fu Mattia Pascal, the film examines truth and identity. Mattia Pascal, scorned by his fiancée, friends and relatives and robbed of his inheritance, flees to Monte Carlo. There he wins a fortune and takes the dead gambler’s identity, only to find the persona brings dignity and respect that astonishes and endangers him.
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